Chapbook contests and open reading periods, November 2026

Chapbook contests and presses reading chapbook manuscripts now or later this month.

25 calls · updated Nov 14

1. Gunpowder Press
   Open until Nov 15Alta California Chapbook Prize · Fee: $15 entry only or $20 with winning chapbook. Email gunpowderpoetry@gmail.com about financial hardship. · Pays: $1,000, bilingual publication, 10 copies and Santa Barbara reading; Letras Latinas funds travel and lodging.
2. Black Warrior Review
   Open until Dec 12026 Digital Chapbook Contest · Fee: $15 · Pays: $500 each for two winners, plus digital chapbook publication.
3. The Marrow International Poetry
   Open until Dec 14The Marrow Chapbook Prize · Fee: A$42 · Pays: A$1,000 plus publication and ten author copies
4. Eggtooth Editions
   Open until Dec 15Book manuscripts · Fee: $10 · Pays: $250, publication and 20 copies
5. Poetry Society of America
   Open until Dec 15Four Quartets Prize · Fee: Free · Pays: $20,000 prize
6. dancing girl press
   Open until Dec 31Full-length poetry manuscripts · Pays: No monetary payment or advance; 10 copies for manuscripts under 60 pages, 25 copies for manuscripts over 60 pages, and a 40% discount on additional copies.
7. Toad Press
   Open until Dec 31International Chapbook Series (translations) · Fee: Free · Pays: Payment is in copies only.
8. Whimperbang
   Open until Dec 31Poetry Chapbook Prize · Pays: $250 honorarium plus 10 copies
9. Rattle
   Open until Jan 15, 2027Chapbook Prize · Pays: $5,000, 500 copies and distribution to Rattle's subscribers
10. Alabaster Leaves Publishing
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: $12
11. April Gloaming Publishing
    Open year-roundFull poetry collection manuscripts
12. Assure Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: $10
13. Bard Books
    Open year-roundBard Books - CHAPBOOK (Poetry, Fiction, CNF) · Fee: $20 per submission. The press says it charges no other fees of any kind. · Pays: The press negotiates a modest advance for every book.
14. Bard Books
    Open year-roundBard Books - POETRY · Fee: $25 per submission. The press says it charges no other fees of any kind, such as editing or development fees. · Pays: The press negotiates a modest advance for every book. The rights it acquires depend on the book.
15. Cactus Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts
16. Cooper Dillon Books
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: $10 (or free with book purchase)
17. Finishing Line Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: $3 (free in November) · Pays: Royalties
18. Kelsay Books
    Open year-roundPoetry manuscripts (all imprints) · Fee: $12 to $20 · Pays: 12% royalties on retail sales from Amazon and Kelsay Books
19. Post-Asemic Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts
20. Prolific Press International Chapbook Series
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: $1 reading fee through end of 2026 (regularly $10) · Pays: Publication plus 10 author copies
21. Shipwreckt Books Publishing Company
    Open year-roundUp On Big Rock Poetry Series
22. Solum Literary Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts
23. Wet Cement Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts
24. Whittle Micro-Press
    Open year-roundBook manuscripts · Fee: Free · Pays: All proceeds, minus processing fees, go to the author
25. Moonstone Arts Center
    Opens Nov 15Moonstone Annual Chapbook Contest 2026 · Fee: $20 reader fee · Pays: Chapbook publication

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